Avient Announces Pricing of $650 Million 6.250% Senior Notes due 2031

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Sep 05, 2024, 17:25 ET

CLEVELAND, Sept. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT) ("Avient") today announced the pricing of its previously announced offering of $650 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2031 (the "notes") in an offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"). The notes will bear interest at an annual rate of 6.250% and will be issued at a price of 100.000% of their principal amount. The closing of the notes offering is expected to occur on September 19, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.

Avient intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand, to redeem all of its outstanding 5.75% senior notes due 2025 (the "2025 senior notes") and pay related fees and expenses.

The notes will be offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes will not be and have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. This news release does not constitute a notice of redemption pursuant to the terms of the 2025 senior notes.

About Avient

Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT) provides specialized and sustainable materials solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world.

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We cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statement will be realized, although we believe we have been prudent in our plans and assumptions. Achievement of future results is subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Should known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could vary materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected. Investors should bear this in mind as they consider forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law. You are advised, however, to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our reports on Forms 10-Q, 8-K, and 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all risk factors. Consequently, you should not consider any such list to be a complete set of all potential risks or uncertainties.

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